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'■YER NAMES WITTEE ON fcIOYMENT n ■ident Asks Quick Or ’ ■ization: Sixty Peo- ■ pie Appointed ■i\E HUNGRY ■ is OBJECTIVE ■si,roll'll. Aug. 21.—<U.P.)[ rains today brought ■' warnings of the ap■h "l' win'- ■!• ;r President ■ er n’-\.d .-wif’iy to com- d ■X- new ut employment ■ organization. I . dispatched ■f IK .'w i:dh prominent ■ns asking t> < m to serve; . to Walti r S. (litMIT y i‘< o>p.-( : iv. ml- > ■ m advisory lrl | j< tomorrow i 1 K, t . if. at once to' 1 i„, weok*-n<! 'livy will attaint : h,. Mon- ■> new . 11 ifford's ■„, ' ' William J. >'-1 ■ ... no Amer tins winter." ~ wlii' Ii this will : ■ • • am for Gifford H-.- V.w Gifford hand. i. agencies His ... ... must boar flu- brunt of I work, wi’h the na'ional ’ r.itoii: their of where necessary. year many of ■ ■■ ■ .iblisllod elourtii - leading eiti Min their Many town: ■tin- ■ w. 1 -organ ■ ? : . depart ments the .■liiervency problem. . B- - ' .rganizations been created, they should] up at nm-e ip every city and I ■ where there is a problem," ■TINTED ON PAGE EIGHT) 1 ■ BULLETIN Ms City. Ind —Aug. 21.—'U.R)— Candits armed with a rra■e gun and revolver held up the ■ City State Bank shortly at-1 ■ noon today and escaped with ■o after threatening to kid- b Ba woman employee. ■>e robbers approached Frank ■dlty, cashier, and swept up the y lying on the counter. .He y* ll ,he bank's safe after the , Bits threatened to kidnap his Blhter, Florence, bank employee, ■•did not heed their demands. ■* men escaped in an auto. ■ was the third bank robbery in ■ City within the past two years, ■»•• having obtained $37,000 in ■ ether two robberies. y w dl*y sad the bank would ■* lost SB,OOO more in factory ■ foil funds had the hold-up ■8 waited 30 minutes longer. ... | Bvthorities had no cues to aid I th ' pursuit. PERNOR'S SON IS QUESTIONED U H.Murrayls Held pllowing Death Os Ship Purser r* York, Auk. 21.—<U.R>—WilF H. Murray, son of “Alfalfa L Murray, Governor of OklaU a . Was Questioned today by bok| Inent J’ ,st * ce agents in L h lyn ln connection with the ' L Os JoHe Ph Apud, assistant L on ’h p Hner Southern Cross, k * as found dead in his stat<>- ™ last Monday. Pn '"l ay 101,1 a « e nts there had iicl i a h Party in I l ' B cabin, after irn/< an<l Bome of his guests i,l . e 0 Apud’s stateroom. He he had left his pistol, which ».. X fount * beside the body H e u' , n the dead man's room. w denied any knowledge of. fe 111 PUrßer m ‘ ght V

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Washington, 1). C. Will Be Convention City French Lick, Aug. 21 —(UP) — Washington, !>. C., was selected as lhe site for the Golden anniversary convention of the Supreme Council. Knights of Columbus, as the organization brought its 49th assembly to a close here last night. At the meeting next year a memorial to the late James Cardinal Gibbons, former Bishop of Baltimore, will be unveiled. DECATUR GIRLS TO TAKE OUTING Girl Scout Members And Supervisor To Spend Week At Lake A large number of the Decatur Girl Scouts will leave Saturday for Adams l ake, where they will spend a week camping Mrs. Bryce Thomas. Girl Scout captain will be in charge of the camp, and she will bo assisted by Miss Jeanette Clark, instructor in first aid. swimming and life saving. A complete schedule has been planned for the girls tor the entire week, and each day there will be special events, as hikes, treasure bunts, and swimming contests. The girls will also pass tests for merit badges in first aid, swimming and nature studies. The girls who will leave Saturday for the camp are Sally Brandy- , berry, Gertrude Brandyberry. Mary Kohls. Kathryn Hower, Louise Haubold. Eileen Burk. Mary Maxine Brown. Virginia Miller. Evelyn Kohls, Betty Short. Eula Meyers. (CONTINUED UN PAGE EIGHT ' LINDBERGH TO REPAIR MOTOR I Plane Towed By Ship To Bay Where Engine Will Be Fixed Tokio. Aug. 21.—(U.R)—The LockI heed seaplane which carried Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh 6,1000 miles on a vacation jaunt to ' Japan rested today with its wings clipped on the sand beach of Muroton Bay. in the tiny Kuriles Islands. ' Towed 20 miles through cold, choppy seas by the Japanese steamer Shinshiru Maru, the plane reached the beach today and was immediately towed ashore and onto th“i ;sand by sailors from the boar. i The Lindbergh's believed the I trouble in the plane's engine, probably in the carburetor, could he repaired more easily ashore, and they . hoped to continue their interrupted flight to Tokio Saturday. The protected bay was calm and the sky cloudless as the big black I monoplane bobbed along in tow of | the steamer. The calm water was in contrast with the treacherous seas outside, which buffeted the ship after it was forced down near i |Ketoi Islet, one of the lonely chain i of the Kuriles. From Muroton Bay the Lindbergh's will go on to Nemuro, and i thence to Tokio, as they had plan- i l ned when they were forced down l [Wednesday after leaving Siberia, i Although nothing was said about I it, or even hinted, the Japanese aboard the steamer suspected the , feminine half of "We" was a bit , I homesick. They noticed that on , one of her numerous visits to the | boat as it stood by the monoplane . at Ketoi, she picked up a Japanese | magazine and glanced idly through it. Finaly she came to a picture of a mother and child, and for many . minutes gazed alternately at the 1 picture and over the grey seas, as ( though she might be thinking of (CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX) 1 0 Hunter Is Killed Brazil, August 21 —(UP) —Acci- , dental discharge of a shotgun took the life of Jack Ball, 42 while he t was hunting squirrels near here; it was the second fatality of the season among squirrel hunters. o • Funeral Is Arranged Indianapolis, Aug. 21 — (UP) — Funeral services for William P. < Holmes. 43, Chief railroad inspector for the public service commission i who died at his home here, will be held at 9: A. M. Monday. Burial I will be in Holy Cross cemetery. '

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ANDREA PENCE ! EXPIRES TODAY ■ Bryant Man Succumbs At Local Hospital Os Heart Ailment Andrea D. Pence. 85, Bryant retired farmer died suddenly at noon ■ today at the Adams County Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient tor the past 10 days. Death was caused by heart trouble.- Mr. Pence underwent a minor operation 10 days ago and his condition seem-1 ed to be gradually improving when he suddenly suffered a heart attack today. Mr. Pence was born near Colum-1 bia City. October 20. 1845. Surviv- j ing is the widow, and the following children: Cash Pence of Spring Valley, Wis.. Wilfred Pence, near Columbia City: Mrs. George Stansbury Penn township, Jay County; Mrs. John Craner, Jay county and Oliver Pence, Bryant. | Mr. Pence had resided in the town of Bryant for many years during which time he was a retired farmer. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. SCHOOL HEAD’S REMOVAL ASKED Blind Group Prepare To Ask Investigation Os State’s School Indianapolis, Aug. 21. — (U.R) — Petitions demanding an investigation of the board of industrial aid's school and factory for the blind were being prepared here today. When they are presented to Governor Harry G. Leslie, it was expected that either a radical change in the policy of the institutions, or removal of their head, Charles D. Chadwick, would be demanded. A. F. Hurrews, president of the Indiana Association of Workers for the Blind; Morris B. Field, president of the Indiana Welfare League for the Blind, and Roy L. Volstead, a lawyer, are directing work on the petitions. Burrows and Field, both of whom are sightless, said the board failed in its task of providing work for the state’s 3,000 blind persons. They held that the factory should be selfsupporting. but that, with an annual donation of $25,000 from the i state, it furnished employment to only seven women and 30 men. "If the board functioned properly blind persons would not have to beg on the streets; they would be given work,” a statement by Burrow and Fields contended. —o Son Os King George To Undergo Operation London, Aug. 21. —(U.R)—The Duke of Gloucester, third son of the king, will undergo an operation for appendicitis at 10 a. m. tomorrow. The duke's case was considered normal and no undue anxiety was expressed.

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Mexican Loco Taken Indianapolis, Aug. 21.—<U.R) —A ; police campaign here against smok-, ing narcotics resulted in the ar- J j rest of three men on charges of , illegal possession of Cannabis InI dica (Marihuana), a Mexican pro-' ! duct. Those arrested were Raves i Hernando and Estebam Arisaya,' I Mexicans, and Roy Hubgin Negro. I Police said that sale of the Loco , weed, as it is known in this seci tion, had reached considerable I proportions in Indanapolis. FOREIGN TRIP IS DISCUSSED Carl Bimel, Portland Rotarian Addresses Local Club Thursday Night Carl Bimel, president of the Portland Rotary club and delegate to the International Rotary Conference in Vienna, Austria last June was the speaker at the meeting of the Decatur Rotary club last evening. Mr. Bimel told of his trip to foreign countries. Besides Austria he visited in Germany, Italy, France, England and several other countries spending about two months abroad. His talk was interesting and very educational. Carl Pumphrey presided as chairman of the J eting. Paul Graham will have charge of the next week's meeting. Recluse Leaves Money Columbus. 0.. August 21 — (UP) —Charles L. Stroebter, Groveport O, recluse, who before his death hid 'large sums of money about his home left an estate valued at more than $60,000 to a cousin. Frank Strater. of Kendallville, Ind., according to the terms of his will. Part of the estate was in realestate. Mrs. Metta M. Balz of Columbus. will act as co-executor of the will at the request of Strater, whose appointment was postponed until August 31. o REBEL TROOPS DRIVING HARD Several Fronts Hammered By Revolutionists In Cuba Havana Cuba. Aug. 21.—<U.R) — Marauding Rebel bands harassed Federal outposts on several fronts today in the presistent but so far desultory revolution gaainst the regime headed tty President Gerardo Machado. A second Revolutionary Expeditionary force landed on the northern coast of Cuba and attacked the city of Nuevitas, an important port and railroad center in Camaguey Province. The Rebel raid was successful, meager reports reaching the disturbed capital indicated. These dispatches lacked confirmation. A strict censorship pre(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)

SLAIN WOMAN UNIDENTIFIED Mystery Surrounds Finding of Woman on Wisconsin Road Thursday Kenosha, Wis., Aug. 21.—(U.R)— I Mystery today surrounded the iden-; tity of a red-haired woman, about ■ 35 years old whose bruised and beaten body was found on the Silver Lake road, about 22 miles west of Kenosha. An autopsy performed by Dr. Ed- j ward L. Miloslavich, pathologist of' Marquette university, Milwaukee. I revealed that the woman, attired in a wine-colored dress but wear-j ing nothing neither shoes nori stockings, had been beaten severe-1 ly and strangled. Lack of bruises ' on the outside of the throat gave rise to a theory that she had been I strangled by a gag. Police discounted a theory that! she was the wife of Harry Morris, i alias J. A. Camden. Chicago boot-' legger, who was found murdered ■ near Red Wing, Minn., last Mon-1 day. One of the most promising clues | (CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) ——_o SAYS OUTLOOK IS BRIGHTER Limestone Co. Head Is of Opinion That Building Will Increase Chicago, Aug. 21. — (U.R) — A blighter outlook for the building industry was reported today by A. B. Dickinson, President of the Indiana Limestone Corporation. “Fall will see a large volume of work scheduled for early inauguration,’’ he said. “Our unfilled orders on January 1 will be far ahead the total of last January 1. The Company’s report for the six months ended July 31 showed a net loss of $876,498, net sales dropped from $5,438,336 in the first six months of 1930 to $2,836,936 in the same period of 19.11. o Evansville Has Rain Evansville August 21 —(UP) — The heaviest rainfall within 20 years ended a long drought in this vicinity. The weather bureau reported 3.42 inches of precipitation within 24 hours, 2:30 inches of which I fell within three hours. Precipita- , tion for the year is now approxi- . mately seven inches below normal. t o To Investigate Death ’ Marion, Aug. 21 (UP) A grand ' jury investigation of the death of Mrs. Minnie King. Marion, seemed likeiy today. Mrs. King; it was alI leged, was beaten by Thad Titus, with whom she was said to have been living in Kokomo. The beating was thought to have contributed to her death. Titus is serving his third prison farm sentence within the last six I months.

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'COTTON CROP HOLIDAY WILL BE DISCUSSED Growers, Legislators,Governors Study Plan To Aid Situation LONG CALLS PUBLIC MEET New Orleans, Aug. 21.—<U.R) j. I —Governors, legislators and [I I cotton men from a dozen [states gathered here by auto, [rail and plane today at the [call of Huey P. Long, goverhior of Louisiana, to consider a plan for a year’s holiday on ( [cotton growing. The conference, Gov. Long [announced, is "open to the public," I and "will consider every plan that I is offered for relief of the cotton j farmers.’’ 1 Delegates began to arrive Thurs- < day. The governor's personal plane I I was sent to Austin, Texas, to bring : Lieutenant Governor Edgar E. Witt. I Governor Blackwood of South ; Carolina and Parnell of Arkansas l ai rived during the night and Govlernor Sampson of Kentucky was [due this morning. More than a i ; score of U. S. senators and conI gressmen were here. ' Governor Ross S. Sterling of Tex- i ! as, largest cotton raising district i iin the world, sent his commissioner 1 |of agriculture, J. E. McDonald, and I i announced he was “heartily in favjor of some plan to reduce, cotton ! acreage in 1932—if not total prohi(CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE) 0 SUBMARINE IS READY FOR TRIP Nautilus to Sail For Arctic Waters Immediately, Paper Savs — Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 21. I —(U.RY —The submarine Nautilus ari rived at the ice barrier on its per- ( I ilous voyage into Polar waters, the I newspaper Rerlinske Tidende said j today. The dispatch said that Sir Hu- ' bert Wilkins, in command, had de- ! tided to try moving onward toward [the norfh pole tonight, on the most [dangerous phase of the daring cruise. The Nautilus was equipped with special ice-breaking paraphernalia which Wilkins said made under-ice cruising safe. In case of emergency, he believed that it could ram its way through the ice to the surface. The submarine reached the icebarrier after a frequently delayed voyage from the United States. The Engines broke down in mid-Atlan-tic. The vessel was towed by the IT. S. S. Wyoming. It reached I Plymouth, Eng., for repairs. The next phase of the cruise was |to Bergen, Norway. Here further ; repairs were necessary. It reach|ed Advent Bay, Spitzbergen, where after further slight mechanical trouble delaying its departure, the Nautilus, refueled. With provisions (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) ———o SEEKS CHANGE IN TRUST LAW Abbott Says Much Os Depression Might Be Altered In Change Williamstown, Mass., Aug. 21. — (U.R) —Codification of the existing Anti trust laws, which he declared to be responsible so rmany of the business man's worries, was asked by Charles F. Abbott, executive director of the American Institute of Steel Construction, at the Institute of Politics. It seemed to him, he said, that the failure to permit corporate units to engage In economic coop- [ eration has resulted in greater ' evils than the law has sought to prevent. Trade cooperation in 1920, “would have preserved to the United States a fair amount of 1 business prosperity, checked the (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT)

——- v V v Rev. Browk\ o"\ wA At SundaX Rev. A. B. Brown\\ .< address at t lie regu\\ vice of tlie ProtestaA which will be held in tl\\ church on South Seco\\ I Sunday night. August 23. Rev. Brown’s subject 'XX "More Than Conquerors.” Th\\ qf the union services which ducted during the months of Ji\\ and August will be held SundayvS August 30, at the Evangelical X church on Winchester street, when | Rev. B. H. Franklin will deliver I ( the message. o COURT TERM TO BE BUSY ONE: 1 t Criminal Cases Crowd . Docket; Nelson Making Case Plans t Prosecutor Nathan Nelson is pre-il paring for one of the busiest teyms | ( of Adams circuit court and a num-1 ber of important state cases are on|f file for consideration during the [ September term. Most important of £ these is the case of state vs. Joseph [ I Everett, charged with murder of|£ Doras Werling at Pleasant Mills. i« The murder case was first filed I ( in the court of A. C. Butcher, jus- ( tice of peace, and after Squire Butcher passed on the ease, finding >£ sufficient evidence, the transcript |' and papers were filed in Adams cir- < cuit court. It is believed that the 1 September term grand jury will be < called early in September to re- • turn an indictment against Everett. 1 The man is being held in the Adams county jail without bond. • ■ it’ the September grand jury re- 1 turns a murder indictment, it is not 1 believed likely that the case will be tried during the September term. : Another important case which i likely will be tried soon is state vs. Dr. Elizabeth Burns Fort Wayne I charged with performing an abor- j tion. H. M. De Voss, local attorney ; has been employed by the state to ; assist in the prosecution of the case, j (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT) , —o ! Home-Coming Is Planned < There will be a homecoming at the North Pleasant Valley church, a mile south and two miles east of Monroe, Sunday, August 30, it was announced today. The regular worship services will be held with a picnic dinner at noon at the school ! house. o FACTORY WAGES SHOW DECREASE Labor Department’s Figures Show Salaries To Be 37 Per Cent. Less Washington, Aug. 21. —(U.R) —Department of labor statisticians estimated today that the aggregate payrolls of 14,000-odd manufacturing establishments reporting to th“ department have been reduced 37 per cent since the stock market crash of October, 1929. Department officials said no esti- 1 mates were available for the actual | dollars and cents shrinkage in thei pay checks. They explained the percentage figure had been obtained by analysis of payroll statements of reporting manufacturing concerns. Reports are received from 54 of the chief manufacturing industries. Officials said they furnish a "good sample” of the reductions tliat have occurred in employment and wage payments. On the basis of statistics availaide for the non manufacturing group of industries, department economists said the reports indicated the great anthracite coal (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) o Reduce Own M ages Elkhart, Aug. 21.—(U.R)—Union carpenters here voluntarily reduced their wage scale from $1.05 to 80 cents an hour today. o Legion Asked To Meet All Legionnaires are asked to assemble in the Legion Hall at 9 o'clock (DST), Saturday morning, for the purpose of attending the funeral services for Frank Ineichen in Geneva.

' lor chicken wings, of Wales almost inxers plainly-cooked v 6 V 6 o *C- When dining at a 5N York, during his e <-'’ yris, chose chicken sA -5 ..,e <? his meals. The champaigne and ot artichokes. -’/a" A \7M 1 1 C (X\ '7 ■. \\ '♦.yXe’ \\ OklahX (U.R>—GcXX , c was askecKX oil concernXX flexecutive dX f.e them to takeV\ the Oklahoma\\ The companiesX Refining Compan\\ Well Oil & Gas Co‘n\X v to pay $1 a barrel military ban would be 1K . ‘F production of the BlackweX 1 Gas Company. The Cushing company’s \\ gram to the governor read: ' Blackwell Oil and Gas Compak and Jones. Brothers Drilling Conk pany, agreeable to sell us and weX agreeable to buy balance August allowable from their wells in the Oklahoma City field, approximately 60,000 barrels at $1 a barrel. "Our crude supply running short and unless we get additional crude will materially curtail and may shut down our refinery with consequent loss of business built up at tremendous expense and many years of effort with probable layoff of most of our employes. "Must have immediate relief. Please issue an executive order permitting us to take the crude from the Blackwell Oil and Gas wells." The Blackwell Oil and Gas Company sent Murray the following telegram: "The Cushing Refining and Gaso[line Company offers to pay $1 a | barrel for balance of August allowable in the Oklahoma City field, approximately 60,000 barrels, beginning to run immediately. Desire to sell them. Must produce this oil. Please issue an executive order permitting this action.” The governor did not immediately comment on the requests. o Drug Store Incorporates Indianapolis, Aug. 21 —(UP) —■ Incorporation papeis for Stout Drug company, Inc., Bluffton, were filed with the secretary of state. Stock was listed as 200 shares. No par. incorporators were Jean S. Stout, Omer M. Stout and MJ-rl M. Stout, all of Bluffton. o Stockholders To Meet The annual meeting of the stockholders o fthe Citizens Telephone company will be held in this city at the company's office on Monday, September 7. A board of five directors will be elected. o BULLETIN Indianapolis—Aug. 21. (U.K)— The Falk Drug Corporation, Peru, todya filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state . Stock was given as S2O shares, no par. Incorporators were J. S. Falk and Daniel Falk, both of Peru and Robert Meibjrs, Decatur. o— YOUTH IS HELD AFTER MISHAP I. u. Girl’s Death To Be Probed By Grand Jury, Is Report Bloomington, Aug. 21. —(U.R) — Buy Freselle, 27, was held here pending an investigation of the* auto crash death of Louise Mattingley Roley, 21. It was thought the case would be turned over to the Grand Jury; local authorities were asked by the girl's mother not to press charges against Freselle. It was not learned until the girl's death that she had l>een married Roland Roley. Gary. Roth had been attending Indiana University. Mrs. Roley. however, was preparing to file a divorce suit, it was learned. Freselle. who also formerly attended Indiana University, was driving the auto in which Mrs Holey was Injured.